Barrietta Killiebrew

Barrietta Killiebrew serves as a Contract Specialist within the W07V Endist St. Louis office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions supporting civil works and military infrastructure missions. Her responsibilities include soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts for engineering, environmental, and construction services critical to water resource management, navigation system rehabilitation, and ecological restoration. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s strategic priorities in infrastructure resilience and sustainable land management. Killiebrew maintains established relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including FUGRO USA LAND, INC., BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD, AERO-GRAPHICS INC, NV5 GEOSPATIAL, INC., and SURVEYING AND MAPPING, LLC. These partnerships reflect a consistent reliance on firms with expertise in geospatial surveying, civil engineering design, and environmental mapping services. Her contracting patterns emphasize technical precision and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in quality deliverables and regulatory adherence. A strong advocate for small business participation, Killiebrew prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, which account for over half of her awards, while also regularly utilizing 8(a) competed opportunities. Her socioeconomic contracting strategy actively promotes equitable access for disadvantaged businesses, aligning with Department of the Army mandates to expand small business engagement in complex civil works procurements. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction), with significant activity in plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contracting (238220), site preparation (238910), and landscaping services (561730). She frequently procures technical services related to hydrographic surveying, environmental remediation, and infrastructure rehabilitation, demonstrating deep domain expertise in civil engineering and land management systems.